Originally Posted by
WhyFi
You can put the equivalent, or more, of your body weight in to the pedals, but you're not going to sustain it very long.
Yeah, the amount of time I can do this is measured in seconds not minutes, but it is the fastest way to zip up a short steep hill. I can’t manage that speed up a steep hill at that cadence by standing on the pedals, I can only do it in this manner.
Otto